ARLINGTON -- Rangers president of baseball operations and general manager Jon Daniels said Yu Darvish paid the check when they had dinner in December.
"That was a first," Daniels said. "Six years of lunches and he never paid."
It doesn't appear though that Daniels is willing to pick up a much bigger tab this winter. Darvish remains available on the free-agent market, along with Jake Arrieta, Alex Cobb and Lance Lynn, but Daniels isn't veering away from his winter-long stance concerning a reluctance to pursue a top-of-the-rotation pitcher.
"I think it is unlikely for a variety of reasons," Daniels said.